Accuracy of a measurement describes:

  1. how close repeated readings are to each other
  2. how many decimal places it has
  3. how close it is to the true value
  4. the smallest division of the scale
Answer

C) how close it is to the true value

Accuracy is about closeness to the true value (systematic error). SLO P-11-A-05 · Application

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